A bevy of U.N. vehicles and black government-style SUVs were observed Monday parked outside a warehouse in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Photos of these mysterious vehicles were then posted to the Facebook page of Hoplite Armor, a tactical body armor and armor accessories retailer.

The posting of these pictures immediately spurred a litany of conspiracy theories concerning the vehicles’ true purpose. What many found distressing was that the building where the vehicles were seen is listed in the Yellow Pages as a Kellogg’s cereal factory.

Moreover, claims were made that the factory had recently laid off a large number of employees.

Why were U.N. vehicles parked outside a cereal factory? And was there any legitimacy to claims that the warehouse had been transformed into a U.N. base? Probably not.

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In a news report published two years ago, The Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported the construction of a new warehouse and noted that behind it lay another “warehouse and distribution center.”

“That (older) building, at 11841 Newgate Blvd., like the new one, has a total of 615,600 square feet of space,” the paper wrote. “Cereal and snack maker Kellogg’s leases about 250,000 square feet of that building, as a distribution center that employs 80 workers now.”

“The U.S. General Services Administration, a real estate arm of the federal government, has been leasing the rest of the older building since 2009,” it continued, adding that the State Department “was using the space as a storage area for employees with overseas assignments.”

Instead of having been transformed into a U.N. base, the warehouse more likely was simply being used to store these vehicles until they could be shipped overseas, the U.S. being a major manufacturer of U.N. vehicles.

Nevertheless Mad World News contributor Robert Rich made a great point when he wrote on Tuesday that “(i)t is our civic duty to remain informed at all times in order to keep those who would oppress us at bay.”

True. There is nothing wrong with questioning everything.

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